The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-21
Farm and stock Notes.

The estimate is usually made that Leg
horn or Hamburg cock may be mated with
fifteen hens; Wyandotte, Plymouth Rock,
Houdan or Langshan with twelve; Mi
norca with fourteen, and a Brahma or Co
chin with ten.
Bono is one OF the best substances that
can be fed to tho hens Ground or broken
the bone is highly relished. 1t not only con-
talns lime for shells but also nitrogen and
the phoSphates. It should be kept before
the hens, in boxes, all tho time.
Save all the small sweet potatoes for the
pigs. Nothing will fatten pig SO quickly
as sweet potatoes, and they are very cheap
when only the culls are used. They should
not be fed to laying hens, but are excellent
for poultry intended for market,
Dr. Salmon says there are two contagious
diseases known as hog cholera--one affect
ing the bowels, the other the lungs. The
one is the genuine hog cholera, the other the
swine plague. 1t is possible for an animal
to have both diseases at the same time.
The estimated yield Of sorghum per acre
is l25 pounds of sugar and 10 gallons syrup,
! according to a Kansas report. Unless the
refuse be used for stock in some manner it
is doubtful if there be any profit in such
yield after deducting all expenses of grow
ing the crop and making the sugar and
syrup.
The following preparation applied to the
surface will prevent any ruSting on plows
or any other metal surfaces: Melt one ounce
of resin in gill of linseed oil and when hot
mix with two quarts of kerosene oil. This
can be kept on hand and applied in a mo-
ment with brush or rag TO the metal sur
| lace of any tool that is not going TO be used
for few days, preventing any rust and
saving much vexation when il is to be used
again.
The use of commercial fertilizers is in
creasing, and as farmers become better ac-
quainted with the demands of their soils
| and crops they will be able more wisely to
select the fertilizer best suited to their needs
Neither the farmer nor the chemist alone
can always tell what brand of fertilizer will
best meet the case This must be discov-
cred by the farmers making careful tests
under the light given by teachings Of the
chemists.
Smut and mold on corn and cornstal1s are
often injurious and, under some circum-
stances, absolutely poisonous to stock. They
produce in cattle disease called stomach
staggers. Small doses Of sulphur are said
to be helpful to stock thus affected. Smutty
corn should never be put in the crib. It
should be gathered at huSking time and
burned. If allowed to go to crib other corn
will be affected, and the disease will increase
the following year.
Fifty cents invested in linseed oil and an
| hours time applying it to your wagon
wheels will save you the expense of having
the tires Of your wagon cut or 'stoved,"
and perhaps breakdown OF trouble of some
kind when you least expect it. Put the oil
into shallow vessel and heat it as hot as
you can. Raise the wagon wheel as when
oiling the spindle and place the vessel under
so that the rim will pass through the OIL
Pass the rim through the oil slowly three or
four times and the work will be done. The
hot oil saturates the felloe and prevents it
from becoming er-soaked.
The profits of a small flock of sheep are
usually very large, and probably no invest
! ment the farmer can make pays so large
dividend. 1t may be claimed that profit
of 80 per cent. can be annually made and
exceptional instances are recorded of the
| wool and lambs at the end of the year paw
| ing the first cost. Sheep are the greatest
| success upon cheap lands, IS it would be
| difficult TO have an acre of 800 land afford
subsistence for sheep enough TO make it pay,
an argument that would apply as well TO
other stock, though no other stock pays so
complete dividend as does a sheep with
| her fleece and lamb.